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This law was first created in 2009. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 699<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":262445,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56955,"identifier":"59.1-518.2","token":"59.1\/44.1\/59.1-518.2","url":"\/59.1-518.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-518.2\/","token":"59.1\/44.1\/59.1-518.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"When automatic dialing-announcing devices prohibited","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-518.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A caller<\/span> shall not use an automatic dialing-announcing device<\/span> in connection with making a commercial telephone solicitation<\/span> unless:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The subscriber<\/span> has knowingly or voluntarily requested, consented to, permitted, or authorized receipt of the message, or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The message is immediately preceded by a live operator who, after disclosing (i) the name of the entity sending the message, (ii) the purpose of the message, (iii) the kinds of goods or services the message is promoting, and (iv), if applicable, the fact<\/span> that the message intends to solicit payment or the commitment of funds, obtains the subscriber<\/span>’s consent before the commercial telephone solicitation<\/span> is delivered. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN AUTOMATIC DIALING-ANNOUNCING DEVICES PROHIBITED (\u00a7 59.1-518.2)\n\nA caller shall not use an automatic dialing-announcing device in connection with\nmaking a commercial telephone solicitation unless:\n\n1. The subscriber has knowingly or voluntarily requested, consented to,\npermitted, or authorized receipt of the message, or\n\n2. The message is immediately preceded by a live operator who, after disclosing\n(i) the name of the entity sending the message, (ii) the purpose of the message,\n(iii) the kinds of goods or services the message is promoting, and (iv), if\napplicable, the fact that the message intends to solicit payment or the\ncommitment of funds, obtains the subscriber’s consent before the\ncommercial telephone solicitation is delivered.\n\nHISTORY: 2009, c. 699.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}